Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 6 , Pages 297-312 , November 2006

Health, preventive health care, and health care access among women with disabilities in the 1994–1995 National Health Interview Survey, Supplement on Disability

  • Frances M. Chevarley, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Frances M. Chevarley, PhD, Center for Financing Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850.
    • ,
  • JoAnn M. Thierry, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
    • ,
  • Carol J. Gill, PhD

      Affiliations

    • University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • A. Blythe Ryerson, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
    • ,
  • Margaret A. Nosek, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Received 5 December 2005 ,Revised 27 September 2006 ,Accepted 6 October 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2006.10.002

Women's Health Issues
Volume 16, Issue 6 , Pages 297-312 , November 2006

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